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North Korea getting better at competitions
By Petru, history, 8 years ago, In English

Lately I've often seen north koreans placed good at codeforces rounds. Looking on the ratings, I see that they have good ratings on hackerrank and codeforces. Are this profiles really from North Korea? If yes, how do they train under the existing censorship in the country?

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Some people in North Korea's universities have access to the Internet.

Did you notice that North Korea had a team in ICPC World Finals 2016?

North Korea was also one of the best teams in the International Mathematical Olympiad 2015.

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How good does north Korea do in IOI and ICPC usually ?

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North Korea use censorship to control information about their country and the whole world.

But if you are a member of authority and you are loyal, then you can have full access to outside world and learn more knowledge to help the authority.

So, I think most of them are loyal and they are authorized to learn from outside and help the country. And some are clever guys who can get rid of censorship.

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